Climate change is already causing erratic weather patterns that are jeopardizing our food sources and threatening the livelihoods of farmers. Local, sustainable producers tend to be the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, and they need your help now.

Mint Creek Farm — a USDA Certified Organic, grassfed livestock and poultry farm located in Cabery, IL — was met with extreme challenges presented by the lowest rainfall of any year in Illinois in the last 22 years. Raising animals on organic pastures does wonders for the environment, but it also means that when grasses dry up unexpectedly in the middle of the summer, farms like Mint Creek have no other choice but to switch to hay months ahead of schedule, incurring tens of thousands of dollars in unexpected costs.

"Winter tends to be rough in terms of cash flow for a year-round livestock farm like ours," explains Raya Carr, shepherdess at Mint Creek, "but having a drought starting ahead of it in the summer made it even more difficult this year."

Crises like these are why Green City Market established the Farm Forward Fund: to provide direct financial support to local, sustainable farmers to build resilient businesses through tough times.

Supporters like you partnered with Green City Market to provide an initial $2,500 crisis response award to Mint Creek Farm to temporarily relieve the financial burden this record drought placed on their farm. But they're not out of the woods yet.

Mint Creek is in need of $10,000 to help them purchase enough hay to make it through the winter, be prepared to start the farmers' market season off strong this spring, and bounce back from this unexpected hardship.

You can provide essential climate relief to Mint Creek with a donation today, getting them back on their feet just in time for market season.

Climate Relief for Mint Creek Farm

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